REVERSED
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1786 Ex Parte Baker 10260107 - (D) BEST 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. THOMPSON, CAMIE S
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2181 Ex Parte Chan et al 12135079 - (D) FINK 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/NVIDIA LEE, CHUN KUAN
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2453 Ex Parte Clark et al 11529656 - (D) HILL 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent LIM, KRISNA
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2695 Ex Parte Anderson et al 12362432 - (D) DIXON 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TZENG, FRED
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2837 Ex Parte Gianesello 12876595 - (D) KRATZ 103 Slater & Matsil, LLP - ST-EP CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE
2894 Ex Parte Yu et al 11524000 - (D) HANLON 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. TRAN, TONY
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3623 Ex Parte Carney et al 11055521 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser LAN, TZU-HSIANG
3643 Ex Parte Boyle et al 12493651 - (D) FREDMAN 103 ALTMAN & MARTIN POON, PETER M
We are also not persuaded by the Examiner's design choice argument relying on In re Rose. In Rose, the invention was drawn to lumber packages formed into bundles with encircling bands, which could be lifted by hand in the prior art, but where the claimed packages required a lift truck. In re Rose, 220 F.2d 459, 463 (CCPA 1955) ("the size of the article under consideration ... is not ordinarily a matter of invention.")...
We therefore agree with the Appellants that because "replacing the bendable tube of Nunley with the ball of the present invention changes how Nunley operates, the modification proposed by the Examiner cannot render claim 1 obvious" (App. Br. 6). See In re Chu, 66 F.3d 292, 299 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (finding of "obvious design choice" precluded where the claimed structure and the function it performs are different from the prior art).
Rose, In re, 220 F.2d 459, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955) 2144.04
Chu, In re, 66 F.3d 292, 36 USPQ2d 1089 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 211.05 , 716.02(f) , 1504.20 , 2145 ,
3656 Ex Parte Welsh 10685215 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. JOHNSON, VICKY A
3657 Ex Parte Deferme 11897351 - (D) DANIELS 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC (Tenneco) NGUYEN, VU Q
3664 Ex Parte McCrary 11560981 - (D) OSINSKI 102 CENTRAL COAST PATENT AGENCY, INC HOLWERDA, STEPHEN
3665 Ex Parte Wallace 11801092 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED C/O WAGNER BLECHER SHAAWAT, MUSSA A
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3717 Ex Parte Sterchi et al 11077202 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC JONES, MARCUS D
3771 Ex Parte Corbacho 11713335 - (D) FREDMAN 103 GLYNNTECH, INC. YOUNG, RACHEL T
AFFIRMED−IN−PART
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2442 Ex Parte SINGH 11693130 - (D) SMEGAL 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) Sanjeev Kumar Singh AFOLABI, MARK O
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2811 Ex Parte Wang et al 12253152 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NADAV, ORI
2854 Ex Parte Milliken 11893674 - (D) WILSON 103 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SIMMONS, JENNIFER E
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3733 Ex Parte Alcock et al 12327710 - (D) POLLOCK 102 102/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA
3788 Ex Parte Butler et al 10912990 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP POON, ROBERT
AFFIRMED
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1755 Ex Parte den Boer et al 12068119 - (D) TIMM 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC CHERN, CHRISTINA
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2111 Ex Parte Garudadri et al 12118583 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED DANG, KHANH
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2463 Ex Parte Choi et al 11329979 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Holland & Hart LLP/Qualcomm CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R
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2628 Ex Parte Bersenev et al 11053012 - (D) HUME 103 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP LAM, VINH TANG
2644 Ex Parte Valo et al 12111643 - (D) WORMMEESTER 103/obviousness-type double patenting FOLEY & LARDNER LLP LEE, JUSTIN YE
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2828 Ex Parte Schemmann 12746770 - (D) ROESEL 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KING, JOSHUA
2842 Ex Parte Abbott et al 12490863 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 Jordan IP Law, LLC c/o CPA Global JONES, STEPHEN E
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3628 Ex Parte Heiden et al 12277757 - (D) BAYAT 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. CLARK, DAVID J
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3711 Ex Parte Jones 12277320 - (D) HOELTER 103 MANELLI SELTER PLLC CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S
3715 Ex Parte McCarthy et al 11391839 - (D) GREENHUT 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY YIP, JACK
3732 Ex Parte Wen et al 11404643 - (D) WIEKER 103 WSGR / Align Technology , Inc. EIDE, HEIDI MARIE
3737 Ex Parte Viswanathan et al 11685664 - (D) FREDMAN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P
3744 Ex Parte Perkins 11853206 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL RUBY, TRAVIS C
3762 Ex Parte Chen et al 12836784 - (D) GRIMES 103/obviousness-type double patenting SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC GETZOW, SCOTT M
3777 Ex Parte Becker et al 10599306 - (D) LaVIER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GUPTA, VANI
